The Year of Our Lord 1901

Bishop Events

October to December

Date Age Event Bishop Title Current Title

4 Oct Born Francisco José Castro y Ramírez † Bishop of Santiago de María, El Salvador

5 Oct 54.1 Appointed Thomas James Conaty † Titular Bishop of Samos Bishop of Monterey-Los Angeles, California, USA

Born Malcolm Angus MacEachern † Bishop Emeritus of Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island, Canada

6 Oct 24.9 Ordained Deacon Stephen Peter Alencastre, SS.CC. † Deacon of Congregation of the Sacred Hearts of Jesus and Mary Vicar Apostolic of Hawaiian Islands, USA

Born Francis Edward Joseph Grimshaw † Archbishop of Birmingham, England, Great Britain

47.0 Ordained Bishop Jean-Marie Mérel, M.E.P. † Titular Bishop of Orcistus Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Canton [Guangzhou], China

8 Oct 26.1 Ordained Priest Theodorus Antonius Leonardus Maria van Roosmalen, C.Ss.R. † Priest of Congregation of the Most Holy Redeemer Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Dutch Guyana-Suriname, Antilles

9 Oct Born Francis Edward Hyland † Bishop Emeritus of Atlanta, Georgia, USA

10 Oct 23.8 Ordained Priest John Timothy McNicholas, O.P. † Priest of Order of Friars Preachers Archbishop of Cincinnati, Ohio, USA

11 Oct Born Jan Herrijgers, C.M. † Apostolic Administrator Emeritus of Yongping [Yüngping], China

12 Oct Born Gabriel-Marie Garrone † Cardinal, President Emeritus of the Pontifical Council for Culture

13 Oct Born Michael William Hyle † Bishop of Wilmington, Delaware, USA

24.3 Ordained Priest Miguel Antonio Mejía † Priest Bishop of Guayana, Venezuela

Born Giuseppe Melas † Bishop of Nuoro, Italy

22.6 Ordained Priest Antônio Manoel Pereira Ribeiro † Priest Bishop of Funchal, Portugal

35.0 Ordained Bishop Fernando de Souza Monteiro, C.M. † Bishop of Espírito Santo, Brazil

14 Oct Born John Joseph U Win † Archbishop of Mandalay, Myanmar

15 Oct 63.6 Resigned Cesare Sambucetti † Apostolic Nuncio to Bavaria Apostolic Nuncio

19 Oct Born Wunibald (Godehard) Talleur, O.F.M. † Prelate Emeritus of Rondonópolis, Mato Grosso, Brazil

20 Oct 76.6 Died Vincenzo Manicardi † Bishop of Reggio Emilia, Italy

21 Oct 43.6 Died Rómulo Betancourt y Torres † Bishop of Campeche, México

83.0 Died Martin Crane, O.E.S.A. † Bishop of Sandhurst, Australia

57.4 Succeeded Stephen Reville, O.E.S.A. † Bishop of Sandhurst, Australia

22 Oct Born Rubén Odio Herrera † Archbishop of San José de Costa Rica

24 Oct 42.9 Appointed Franz Zorn von Bulach † Auxiliary Bishop of Strasbourg, France Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus

42.9 Appointed Franz Zorn von Bulach † Titular Bishop of Erythrum Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Strasbourg, France

25 Oct 71.1 Died Anthony Butler, S.J. † Vicar Apostolic of British Guiana, Guyana, Antilles

27 Oct Born Danio Bolognini † Bishop of Cremona, Italy

22.9 Ordained Priest Mathurin-Marie Le Mailloux, C.S.Sp. † Priest of Congregation of the Holy Spirit Vicar Apostolic of Douala, Cameroon

25.3 Ordained Priest Raymond-René Lerouge, C.S.Sp. † Priest of Congregation of the Holy Spirit Vicar Apostolic of Conakry, Guinea

28 Oct 48.0 Ordained Bishop Karl Heinrich Johannes Willibrord Benzler, O.S.B. † Bishop of Metz, France Bishop Emeritus

41.8 Ordained Bishop Albertus Odoricus Timmer, O.F.M. † Titular Bishop of Druzipara Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Luanfu, China

29 Oct Born René-Désiré-Romain Boisguérin, M.E.P. † Bishop Emeritus of Yibin [Suifu], China

30 Oct Born Gustave-André-Ferdinand Raballand, M.E.P. † Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Phnom-Penh, Cambodia

Nov 78.4 Resigned Aleksander Kazimierz Bereśniewicz † Bishop of Włocławek (Kujawy, Kalisze), Poland Bishop Emeritus

1 Nov 24.5 Ordained Priest Moisés Sizenando Coelho † Priest of Cajazeiras, Paraiba, Brazil Archbishop of Paraíba, Brazil

52.3 Selected Vilmos István † Bishop of Szombathely, Hungary

33.8 Selected Miklós Széchenyi de Salvar-Felsovidék † Bishop of Győr (Raab), Hungary Bishop of Oradea Mare {Gran Varadino, Nagyvárad}, Romania

55.2 Selected Gyula Városy † Bishop of Székesfehérvár (Albareale), Hungary Archbishop of Kalocsa, Hungary

3 Nov 42.9 Ordained Bishop Franz Zorn von Bulach † Titular Bishop of Erythrum Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Strasbourg, France

5 Nov Born József Ijjas † Archbishop Emeritus of Kalocsa, Hungary

6 Nov Born Jean-Baptiste Urrutia, M.E.P. † Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Huê, Viet Nam

7 Nov 67.7 Died Pasquale Appodia † Auxiliary Bishop of Jerusalem {Gerusalemme}, Palestine

Born Felix Romero Menjibar † Archbishop of Valladolid, Spain

8 Nov 52.2 Installed Emmanuel-François Canappe † Bishop of Guadeloupe et Basse-Terre, Antilles

9 Nov 71.3 Died William Robert Bernard Brownlow † Bishop of Clifton, England, Great Britain

62.7 Died Désiré-François-Xavier Van Camelbeke, M.E.P. † Vicar Apostolic of Eastern Cochin {Cocincina Orientale}, Viet Nam

10 Nov 65.1 Ordained Bishop Remigio Guido Barbieri, O.S.B. † Titular Bishop of Theodosiopolis Vicar Apostolic of Gibraltar

Born Félix Guiller † Bishop Emeritus of Pamiers (-Couserans-Mirepoix), France

Born Anthony Jordan, O.M.I. † Archbishop Emeritus of Edmonton, Alberta, Canada

56.9 Installed Disma Marchese † Bishop of Acqui, Italy

11 Nov 79.6 Died Charles-Bonaventure-François Theuret † Bishop of Monaco

12 Nov 55.9 Appointed Nicolás Armentia Ugarte, O.F.M. † Bishop of La Paz, Bolivia

13 Nov Born Giovanni Vittorio Ferro, C.R.S. † Archbishop Emeritus of Reggio Calabria, Italy

14 Nov Born Jean-Emmanuel Marquès † Archbishop of Albi (-Castres-Lavaur), France

15 Nov Born Adolf Bolte † Bishop of Fulda, Germany

65.7 Confirmed Boghos Bédros (Pierre Paul) XII Sabbaghian † Bishop of Iskanderiya {Alexandria} (Armenian), Egypt Patriarch Emeritus of Cilicia (Armenian), Lebanon

16 Nov 42.3 Appointed Joaquim Silvério de Souza † Coadjutor Bishop of Diamantina, Brazil Archbishop of Diamantina, Minas Gerais, Brazil

42.3 Appointed Joaquim Silvério de Souza † Titular Bishop of Bagis Archbishop of Diamantina, Minas Gerais, Brazil

21 Nov 71.8 Ordained Bishop Clément Ghazarossian † Bishop of Ancira (Angora) (Armenian), Turkey

42.8 Appointed Flavien Cyrille Kfoury (Khoury) † Archbishop of Homs (-Hama-Jabrud) (Melkite Greek), Syria Archbishop Emeritus

42.8 Ordained Bishop Flavien Cyrille Kfoury (Khoury) † Archbishop of Homs (-Hama-Jabrud) (Melkite Greek), Syria Archbishop Emeritus

59.8 Ordained Bishop Jean Muradian † Bishop of Marasc (Armenian), Turkey Bishop of Cisamus

65.7 Ordained Bishop Boghos Bédros (Pierre Paul) XII Sabbaghian † Bishop of Iskanderiya {Alexandria} (Armenian), Egypt Patriarch Emeritus of Cilicia (Armenian), Lebanon

58.8 Ordained Bishop Mathieu Sislian † Bishop of Cesarea di Cappadocia (Armenian), Turkey Bishop Emeritus

22 Nov 83.8 Died Bl. Tommaso Reggio † Archbishop of Genova, Italy

22.5 Ordained Priest Emilio Ippolito Ulivelli, O.F.M. † Priest of Firenze {Florence}, Italy Vicar Apostolic of Chaco, Bolivia

23 Nov Born Antonio Barosi, P.I.M.E. † Apostolic Administrator of Kaifeng [Kaifeng] (Kaifengfu), China

47.7 Appointed José Mora y del Rio † Bishop of Tulancingo, Hidalgo, México Archbishop of México, Federal District

24 Nov 46.9 Ordained Bishop Marie-Félix Choulet, M.E.P. † Titular Bishop of Zela Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Southern Manchuria {Manciuria Meridionale}, China

54.3 Ordained Bishop Thomas James Conaty † Titular Bishop of Samos Bishop of Monterey-Los Angeles, California, USA

64.9 Ordained Bishop Eduard Herrmann (Hermann) † Titular Bishop of Cybistra Auxiliary Bishop of Warmia (Ermland), Poland

39.7 Appointed Clément Malouf, B.S. † Bishop of Bāniyās (Melkite Greek), Lebanon

39.7 Ordained Bishop Clément Malouf, B.S. † Bishop of Bāniyās (Melkite Greek), Lebanon

Born Tito Mancini † Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Ostia, Italy

25 Nov 72.8 Resigned Edward Gilpin Bagshawe, C.O. † Bishop of Nottingham, England, Great Britain Bishop Emeritus

27 Nov 52.1 Appointed Francisco do Rêgo Maia † Bishop of Belém do Pará, Brazil Bishop Emeritus

30 Nov 24.0 Ordained Priest Henrique César Fernandes Mourão, S.D.B. † Priest of Salesians of Saint John Bosco Bishop of Cafelândia, Brazil

Dec 32.8 Appointed Augustinus Nachtwey, O.M.I. † Prefect of Cimbebasia Inferiore, Namibia Prefect Emeritus

1 Dec Born Johannes Riegler, M.F.S.C. † Bishop of Lydenburg, South Africa

2 Dec 46.9 Appointed John Aelen, M.H.M. † Auxiliary Bishop of Madras, India Archbishop Emeritus

46.9 Appointed John Aelen, M.H.M. † Titular Bishop of Themisonium Archbishop Emeritus of Madras, India

3 Dec 72.1 Died Paul-Félix-Arséne Billard † Bishop of Carcassonne, France

53.8 Died Antonio Tomas da Silva Leitão e Castro † Bishop of Lamego, Portugal

Born Miguel Nóvoa Fuente † Auxiliary Bishop of Santiago de Compostela, Spain

4 Dec 71.3 Died Giovanni Battista Bongiorni † Bishop Emeritus of Caltagirone, Italy

6 Dec 64.0 Appointed Robert Brindle † Bishop of Nottingham, England, Great Britain Bishop Emeritus

Born Ernest Victor Tweedy † Archbishop Emeritus of Hobart, Australia

8 Dec 58.0 Ordained Bishop Henri Maquet, S.J. † Titular Bishop of Amathus in Cypro Vicar Apostolic of Southeastern Chi-Li {Ce-Li Meridio-Orientale}, China

Born Alfredo Rubio Diaz † Archbishop Emeritus of Nueva Pamplona, Colombia

11 Dec Born Pierre Duhart, M.E.P. † Apostolic Administrator of Jilin [Kirin], China

12 Dec 36.9 Appointed Juan Bautista Benlloch y Vivó † Apostolic Administrator of Solsona, Spain Cardinal, Archbishop of Burgos, Spain

36.9 Appointed Juan Bautista Benlloch y Vivó † Titular Bishop of Hermopolis Maior Cardinal, Archbishop of Burgos, Spain

75.4 Died Frantisek Alojzy Zottmann † Bishop Emeritus of Tiraspol, Moldova

13 Dec Born Paolo Dezza, S.J. † Cardinal, Priest of Society of Jesus

14 Dec 51.0 Appointed Manuel José Caicedo (Caycedo) Martínez † Archbishop of Popayán, Colombia Archbishop of Medellín, Colombia

15 Dec 57.3 Died Thomas Mathias Lenihan † Bishop of Cheyenne, Wyoming, USA

16 Dec 47.2 Appointed Michele Angelo Baldetti † Bishop of Cortona, Italy

55.7 Appointed Salvador Castellote y Pinazo † Bishop of Jaén, Spain Archbishop of Sevilla {Seville}, Spain

44.6 Appointed Giuseppe Gamba † Bishop of Biella, Italy Cardinal, Archbishop of Torino {Turin}, Italy

49.6 Appointed Victoriano Guisasola y Menéndez † Bishop of Madrid, Spain Cardinal, Archbishop of Toledo, Spain

52.4 Confirmed Vilmos István † Bishop of Szombathely, Hungary

55.6 Appointed Arturo Marchi † Bishop of Reggio Emilia, Italy Archbishop of Lucca, Italy

52.0 Appointed Gregorio Nacianceno Hoyos Yarza † Bishop of Manizales, Colombia

39.0 Appointed Giovanni Oberti, Sch. P. † Bishop of Saluzzo, Italy

49.0 Appointed Edoardo Pulciano † Archbishop of Genova, Italy

53.7 Appointed Wolfgang Radnai † Auxiliary Bishop of Oradea Mare {Gran Varadino, Nagyvárad}, Romania Bishop Emeritus of Banská Bystrica, Slovakia

53.7 Appointed Wolfgang Radnai † Titular Bishop of Europus Bishop Emeritus of Banská Bystrica, Slovakia

59.9 Appointed Martin-Hubert Rutten † Bishop of Liège, Belgium Bishop of Liège (Luik, Lüttich), Belgium

50.2 Appointed José María Salvador y Barrera † Bishop of Tarazona (-Tudela), Spain Archbishop of Valencia, Spain

45.0 Appointed Donato Raffaele Sbarretti (Tazza) † Titular Archbishop of Ephesus Cardinal, Secretary of the Congregation of the Holy Office

58.1 Appointed Juan Soldevilla y Romero † Cardinal, Archbishop of Zaragoza, Spain

33.9 Confirmed Miklós Széchenyi de Salvar-Felsovidék † Bishop of Győr (Raab), Hungary Bishop of Oradea Mare {Gran Varadino, Nagyvárad}, Romania

37.3 Confirmed Józef Teofil Teodorowicz † Archbishop of Lviv (Armenian), Ukraine

45.2 Appointed Gennaro Trama † Titular Bishop of Capharnaum Bishop of Lecce, Italy

55.3 Confirmed Gyula Városy † Bishop of Székesfehérvár (Albareale), Hungary Archbishop of Kalocsa, Hungary

52.6 Appointed Mattia Vicario † Bishop of Novara, Italy

19 Dec 71.6 Died Rocco Cocchia, O.F.M. Cap. † Archbishop of Chieti, Italy

20 Dec Born Jakob Weinbacher † Auxiliary Bishop of Wien {Vienna}, Austria

21 Dec 27.7 Ordained Priest César Antonio Cáneva † Priest Bishop of Azul, Argentina

23.0 Ordained Priest Joaquim Domingues de Oliveira † Priest Archbishop of Florianópolis, Santa Catarina, Brazil

30.4 Ordained Priest Thomas William Drumm † Priest of Dubuque, Iowa, USA Bishop of Des Moines, Iowa, USA

23.0 Ordained Priest Pio Alberto Fariña Fariña † Priest of Santiago de Chile Auxiliary Bishop

24.5 Ordained Priest John Mark Gannon † Priest of Erie, Pennsylvania, USA Bishop Emeritus

24.6 Ordained Priest Luciano Geraci † Priest Prelate of Santa Lucia del Mela, Italy

27.3 Ordained Priest Augustine Kandathil † Priest of Ernakulam (Syro-Malabar), India Archbishop of Ernakulam (Syro-Malabar), India

31.6 Ordained Priest Paschal Charles David Robinson, O.F.M. † Priest of Order of Friars Minor Apostolic Nuncio to Ireland

25.7 Ordained Priest Henry Patrick Rohlman † Priest Archbishop Emeritus of Dubuque, Iowa, USA

25.1 Ordained Priest Raffaele Carlo Rossi, O.C.D. † Priest of Order of Discalced Carmelites Cardinal, Secretary of the Sacred Consistorial Congregation

22 Dec 55.6 Ordained Bishop Arturo Marchi † Bishop of Reggio Emilia, Italy Archbishop of Lucca, Italy

39.0 Ordained Bishop Giovanni Oberti, Sch. P. † Bishop of Saluzzo, Italy

45.2 Ordained Bishop Gennaro Trama † Titular Bishop of Capharnaum Bishop of Lecce, Italy

23 Dec Born Clemente Gaddi † Bishop Emeritus of Bergamo, Italy

24 Dec 51.5 Selected Francisco José Ribeiro Vieira e Brito † Bishop of Lamego, Portugal

26 Dec 52.9 Died Pascal Campana, C.S.Sp. † Prefect of Lower Congo in Cubango, Angola

23.1 Ordained Priest Santino Margaria † Priest of Saluzzo, Italy Bishop of Civita Castellana, Orte e Gallese, Italy

27 Dec 49.5 Died Ramón Ríu y Cabanas † Bishop of Urgell, Spain

28 Dec Born Thomas Benjamin Cooray, O.M.I. † Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Colombo, Sri Lanka

31 Dec Born Pál Napholcz (Napholz), S.J. † Former Bishop-Elect of Oradea Mare {Gran Varadino, Nagyvárad} and Satu Mare {Szatmár}, Romania

Date	Age	Event	Bishop	Title	Current Title
4 Oct		Born	Francisco José Castro y Ramírez †		Bishop of Santiago de María, El Salvador
5 Oct	54.1	Appointed	Thomas James Conaty †	Titular Bishop of Samos	Bishop of Monterey-Los Angeles, California, USA
	Born	Malcolm Angus MacEachern †		Bishop Emeritus of Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island, Canada
6 Oct	24.9	Ordained Deacon	Stephen Peter Alencastre, SS.CC. †	Deacon of Congregation of the Sacred Hearts of Jesus and Mary	Vicar Apostolic of Hawaiian Islands, USA
	Born	Francis Edward Joseph Grimshaw †		Archbishop of Birmingham, England, Great Britain
47.0	Ordained Bishop	Jean-Marie Mérel, M.E.P. †	Titular Bishop of Orcistus	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Canton [Guangzhou], China
8 Oct	26.1	Ordained Priest	Theodorus Antonius Leonardus Maria van Roosmalen, C.Ss.R. †	Priest of Congregation of the Most Holy Redeemer	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Dutch Guyana-Suriname, Antilles
9 Oct		Born	Francis Edward Hyland †		Bishop Emeritus of Atlanta, Georgia, USA
10 Oct	23.8	Ordained Priest	John Timothy McNicholas, O.P. †	Priest of Order of Friars Preachers	Archbishop of Cincinnati, Ohio, USA
11 Oct		Born	Jan Herrijgers, C.M. †		Apostolic Administrator Emeritus of Yongping [Yüngping], China
12 Oct		Born	Gabriel-Marie Garrone †		Cardinal, President Emeritus of the Pontifical Council for Culture
13 Oct		Born	Michael William Hyle †		Bishop of Wilmington, Delaware, USA
24.3	Ordained Priest	Miguel Antonio Mejía †	Priest	Bishop of Guayana, Venezuela
	Born	Giuseppe Melas †		Bishop of Nuoro, Italy
22.6	Ordained Priest	Antônio Manoel Pereira Ribeiro †	Priest	Bishop of Funchal, Portugal
35.0	Ordained Bishop	Fernando de Souza Monteiro, C.M. †	Bishop of Espírito Santo, Brazil
14 Oct		Born	John Joseph U Win †		Archbishop of Mandalay, Myanmar
15 Oct	63.6	Resigned	Cesare Sambucetti †	Apostolic Nuncio to Bavaria	Apostolic Nuncio
19 Oct		Born	Wunibald (Godehard) Talleur, O.F.M. †		Prelate Emeritus of Rondonópolis, Mato Grosso, Brazil
20 Oct	76.6	Died	Vincenzo Manicardi †	Bishop of Reggio Emilia, Italy
21 Oct	43.6	Died	Rómulo Betancourt y Torres †	Bishop of Campeche, México
83.0	Died	Martin Crane, O.E.S.A. †	Bishop of Sandhurst, Australia
57.4	Succeeded	Stephen Reville, O.E.S.A. †	Bishop of Sandhurst, Australia
22 Oct		Born	Rubén Odio Herrera †		Archbishop of San José de Costa Rica
24 Oct	42.9	Appointed	Franz Zorn von Bulach †	Auxiliary Bishop of Strasbourg, France	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
42.9	Appointed	Franz Zorn von Bulach †	Titular Bishop of Erythrum	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Strasbourg, France
25 Oct	71.1	Died	Anthony Butler, S.J. †	Vicar Apostolic of British Guiana, Guyana, Antilles
27 Oct		Born	Danio Bolognini †		Bishop of Cremona, Italy
22.9	Ordained Priest	Mathurin-Marie Le Mailloux, C.S.Sp. †	Priest of Congregation of the Holy Spirit	Vicar Apostolic of Douala, Cameroon
25.3	Ordained Priest	Raymond-René Lerouge, C.S.Sp. †	Priest of Congregation of the Holy Spirit	Vicar Apostolic of Conakry, Guinea
28 Oct	48.0	Ordained Bishop	Karl Heinrich Johannes Willibrord Benzler, O.S.B. †	Bishop of Metz, France	Bishop Emeritus
41.8	Ordained Bishop	Albertus Odoricus Timmer, O.F.M. †	Titular Bishop of Druzipara	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Luanfu, China
29 Oct		Born	René-Désiré-Romain Boisguérin, M.E.P. †		Bishop Emeritus of Yibin [Suifu], China
30 Oct		Born	Gustave-André-Ferdinand Raballand, M.E.P. †		Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Phnom-Penh, Cambodia
Nov	78.4	Resigned	Aleksander Kazimierz Bereśniewicz †	Bishop of Włocławek (Kujawy, Kalisze), Poland	Bishop Emeritus
1 Nov	24.5	Ordained Priest	Moisés Sizenando Coelho †	Priest of Cajazeiras, Paraiba, Brazil	Archbishop of Paraíba, Brazil
52.3	Selected	Vilmos István †	Bishop of Szombathely, Hungary
33.8	Selected	Miklós Széchenyi de Salvar-Felsovidék †	Bishop of Győr (Raab), Hungary	Bishop of Oradea Mare {Gran Varadino, Nagyvárad}, Romania
55.2	Selected	Gyula Városy †	Bishop of Székesfehérvár (Albareale), Hungary	Archbishop of Kalocsa, Hungary
3 Nov	42.9	Ordained Bishop	Franz Zorn von Bulach †	Titular Bishop of Erythrum	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Strasbourg, France
5 Nov		Born	József Ijjas †		Archbishop Emeritus of Kalocsa, Hungary
6 Nov		Born	Jean-Baptiste Urrutia, M.E.P. †		Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Huê, Viet Nam
7 Nov	67.7	Died	Pasquale Appodia †	Auxiliary Bishop of Jerusalem {Gerusalemme}, Palestine
	Born	Felix Romero Menjibar †		Archbishop of Valladolid, Spain
8 Nov	52.2	Installed	Emmanuel-François Canappe †	Bishop of Guadeloupe et Basse-Terre, Antilles
9 Nov	71.3	Died	William Robert Bernard Brownlow †	Bishop of Clifton, England, Great Britain
62.7	Died	Désiré-François-Xavier Van Camelbeke, M.E.P. †	Vicar Apostolic of Eastern Cochin {Cocincina Orientale}, Viet Nam
10 Nov	65.1	Ordained Bishop	Remigio Guido Barbieri, O.S.B. †	Titular Bishop of Theodosiopolis	Vicar Apostolic of Gibraltar
	Born	Félix Guiller †		Bishop Emeritus of Pamiers (-Couserans-Mirepoix), France
	Born	Anthony Jordan, O.M.I. †		Archbishop Emeritus of Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
56.9	Installed	Disma Marchese †	Bishop of Acqui, Italy
11 Nov	79.6	Died	Charles-Bonaventure-François Theuret †	Bishop of Monaco
12 Nov	55.9	Appointed	Nicolás Armentia Ugarte, O.F.M. †	Bishop of La Paz, Bolivia
13 Nov		Born	Giovanni Vittorio Ferro, C.R.S. †		Archbishop Emeritus of Reggio Calabria, Italy
14 Nov		Born	Jean-Emmanuel Marquès †		Archbishop of Albi (-Castres-Lavaur), France
15 Nov		Born	Adolf Bolte †		Bishop of Fulda, Germany
65.7	Confirmed	Boghos Bédros (Pierre Paul) XII Sabbaghian †	Bishop of Iskanderiya {Alexandria} (Armenian), Egypt	Patriarch Emeritus of Cilicia (Armenian), Lebanon
16 Nov	42.3	Appointed	Joaquim Silvério de Souza †	Coadjutor Bishop of Diamantina, Brazil	Archbishop of Diamantina, Minas Gerais, Brazil
42.3	Appointed	Joaquim Silvério de Souza †	Titular Bishop of Bagis	Archbishop of Diamantina, Minas Gerais, Brazil
21 Nov	71.8	Ordained Bishop	Clément Ghazarossian †	Bishop of Ancira (Angora) (Armenian), Turkey
42.8	Appointed	Flavien Cyrille Kfoury (Khoury) †	Archbishop of Homs (-Hama-Jabrud) (Melkite Greek), Syria	Archbishop Emeritus
42.8	Ordained Bishop	Flavien Cyrille Kfoury (Khoury) †	Archbishop of Homs (-Hama-Jabrud) (Melkite Greek), Syria	Archbishop Emeritus
59.8	Ordained Bishop	Jean Muradian †	Bishop of Marasc (Armenian), Turkey	Bishop of Cisamus
65.7	Ordained Bishop	Boghos Bédros (Pierre Paul) XII Sabbaghian †	Bishop of Iskanderiya {Alexandria} (Armenian), Egypt	Patriarch Emeritus of Cilicia (Armenian), Lebanon
58.8	Ordained Bishop	Mathieu Sislian †	Bishop of Cesarea di Cappadocia (Armenian), Turkey	Bishop Emeritus
22 Nov	83.8	Died	Bl. Tommaso Reggio †	Archbishop of Genova, Italy
22.5	Ordained Priest	Emilio Ippolito Ulivelli, O.F.M. †	Priest of Firenze {Florence}, Italy	Vicar Apostolic of Chaco, Bolivia
23 Nov		Born	Antonio Barosi, P.I.M.E. †		Apostolic Administrator of Kaifeng [Kaifeng] (Kaifengfu), China
47.7	Appointed	José Mora y del Rio †	Bishop of Tulancingo, Hidalgo, México	Archbishop of México, Federal District
24 Nov	46.9	Ordained Bishop	Marie-Félix Choulet, M.E.P. †	Titular Bishop of Zela	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Southern Manchuria {Manciuria Meridionale}, China
54.3	Ordained Bishop	Thomas James Conaty †	Titular Bishop of Samos	Bishop of Monterey-Los Angeles, California, USA
64.9	Ordained Bishop	Eduard Herrmann (Hermann) †	Titular Bishop of Cybistra	Auxiliary Bishop of Warmia (Ermland), Poland
39.7	Appointed	Clément Malouf, B.S. †	Bishop of Bāniyās (Melkite Greek), Lebanon
39.7	Ordained Bishop	Clément Malouf, B.S. †	Bishop of Bāniyās (Melkite Greek), Lebanon
	Born	Tito Mancini †		Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Ostia, Italy
25 Nov	72.8	Resigned	Edward Gilpin Bagshawe, C.O. †	Bishop of Nottingham, England, Great Britain	Bishop Emeritus
27 Nov	52.1	Appointed	Francisco do Rêgo Maia †	Bishop of Belém do Pará, Brazil	Bishop Emeritus
30 Nov	24.0	Ordained Priest	Henrique César Fernandes Mourão, S.D.B. †	Priest of Salesians of Saint John Bosco	Bishop of Cafelândia, Brazil
Dec	32.8	Appointed	Augustinus Nachtwey, O.M.I. †	Prefect of Cimbebasia Inferiore, Namibia	Prefect Emeritus
1 Dec		Born	Johannes Riegler, M.F.S.C. †		Bishop of Lydenburg, South Africa
2 Dec	46.9	Appointed	John Aelen, M.H.M. †	Auxiliary Bishop of Madras, India	Archbishop Emeritus
46.9	Appointed	John Aelen, M.H.M. †	Titular Bishop of Themisonium	Archbishop Emeritus of Madras, India
3 Dec	72.1	Died	Paul-Félix-Arséne Billard †	Bishop of Carcassonne, France
53.8	Died	Antonio Tomas da Silva Leitão e Castro †	Bishop of Lamego, Portugal
	Born	Miguel Nóvoa Fuente †		Auxiliary Bishop of Santiago de Compostela, Spain
4 Dec	71.3	Died	Giovanni Battista Bongiorni †	Bishop Emeritus of Caltagirone, Italy
6 Dec	64.0	Appointed	Robert Brindle †	Bishop of Nottingham, England, Great Britain	Bishop Emeritus
	Born	Ernest Victor Tweedy †		Archbishop Emeritus of Hobart, Australia
8 Dec	58.0	Ordained Bishop	Henri Maquet, S.J. †	Titular Bishop of Amathus in Cypro	Vicar Apostolic of Southeastern Chi-Li {Ce-Li Meridio-Orientale}, China
	Born	Alfredo Rubio Diaz †		Archbishop Emeritus of Nueva Pamplona, Colombia
11 Dec		Born	Pierre Duhart, M.E.P. †		Apostolic Administrator of Jilin [Kirin], China
12 Dec	36.9	Appointed	Juan Bautista Benlloch y Vivó †	Apostolic Administrator of Solsona, Spain	Cardinal, Archbishop of Burgos, Spain
36.9	Appointed	Juan Bautista Benlloch y Vivó †	Titular Bishop of Hermopolis Maior	Cardinal, Archbishop of Burgos, Spain
75.4	Died	Frantisek Alojzy Zottmann †	Bishop Emeritus of Tiraspol, Moldova
13 Dec		Born	Paolo Dezza, S.J. †		Cardinal, Priest of Society of Jesus
14 Dec	51.0	Appointed	Manuel José Caicedo (Caycedo) Martínez †	Archbishop of Popayán, Colombia	Archbishop of Medellín, Colombia
15 Dec	57.3	Died	Thomas Mathias Lenihan †	Bishop of Cheyenne, Wyoming, USA
16 Dec	47.2	Appointed	Michele Angelo Baldetti †	Bishop of Cortona, Italy
55.7	Appointed	Salvador Castellote y Pinazo †	Bishop of Jaén, Spain	Archbishop of Sevilla {Seville}, Spain
44.6	Appointed	Giuseppe Gamba †	Bishop of Biella, Italy	Cardinal, Archbishop of Torino {Turin}, Italy
49.6	Appointed	Victoriano Guisasola y Menéndez †	Bishop of Madrid, Spain	Cardinal, Archbishop of Toledo, Spain
52.4	Confirmed	Vilmos István †	Bishop of Szombathely, Hungary
55.6	Appointed	Arturo Marchi †	Bishop of Reggio Emilia, Italy	Archbishop of Lucca, Italy
52.0	Appointed	Gregorio Nacianceno Hoyos Yarza †	Bishop of Manizales, Colombia
39.0	Appointed	Giovanni Oberti, Sch. P. †	Bishop of Saluzzo, Italy
49.0	Appointed	Edoardo Pulciano †	Archbishop of Genova, Italy
53.7	Appointed	Wolfgang Radnai †	Auxiliary Bishop of Oradea Mare {Gran Varadino, Nagyvárad}, Romania	Bishop Emeritus of Banská Bystrica, Slovakia
53.7	Appointed	Wolfgang Radnai †	Titular Bishop of Europus	Bishop Emeritus of Banská Bystrica, Slovakia
59.9	Appointed	Martin-Hubert Rutten †	Bishop of Liège, Belgium	Bishop of Liège (Luik, Lüttich), Belgium
50.2	Appointed	José María Salvador y Barrera †	Bishop of Tarazona (-Tudela), Spain	Archbishop of Valencia, Spain
45.0	Appointed	Donato Raffaele Sbarretti (Tazza) †	Titular Archbishop of Ephesus	Cardinal, Secretary of the Congregation of the Holy Office
58.1	Appointed	Juan Soldevilla y Romero †	Cardinal, Archbishop of Zaragoza, Spain
33.9	Confirmed	Miklós Széchenyi de Salvar-Felsovidék †	Bishop of Győr (Raab), Hungary	Bishop of Oradea Mare {Gran Varadino, Nagyvárad}, Romania
37.3	Confirmed	Józef Teofil Teodorowicz †	Archbishop of Lviv (Armenian), Ukraine
45.2	Appointed	Gennaro Trama †	Titular Bishop of Capharnaum	Bishop of Lecce, Italy
55.3	Confirmed	Gyula Városy †	Bishop of Székesfehérvár (Albareale), Hungary	Archbishop of Kalocsa, Hungary
52.6	Appointed	Mattia Vicario †	Bishop of Novara, Italy
19 Dec	71.6	Died	Rocco Cocchia, O.F.M. Cap. †	Archbishop of Chieti, Italy
20 Dec		Born	Jakob Weinbacher †		Auxiliary Bishop of Wien {Vienna}, Austria
21 Dec	27.7	Ordained Priest	César Antonio Cáneva †	Priest	Bishop of Azul, Argentina
23.0	Ordained Priest	Joaquim Domingues de Oliveira †	Priest	Archbishop of Florianópolis, Santa Catarina, Brazil
30.4	Ordained Priest	Thomas William Drumm †	Priest of Dubuque, Iowa, USA	Bishop of Des Moines, Iowa, USA
23.0	Ordained Priest	Pio Alberto Fariña Fariña †	Priest of Santiago de Chile	Auxiliary Bishop
24.5	Ordained Priest	John Mark Gannon †	Priest of Erie, Pennsylvania, USA	Bishop Emeritus
24.6	Ordained Priest	Luciano Geraci †	Priest	Prelate of Santa Lucia del Mela, Italy
27.3	Ordained Priest	Augustine Kandathil †	Priest of Ernakulam (Syro-Malabar), India	Archbishop of Ernakulam (Syro-Malabar), India
31.6	Ordained Priest	Paschal Charles David Robinson, O.F.M. †	Priest of Order of Friars Minor	Apostolic Nuncio to Ireland
25.7	Ordained Priest	Henry Patrick Rohlman †	Priest	Archbishop Emeritus of Dubuque, Iowa, USA
25.1	Ordained Priest	Raffaele Carlo Rossi, O.C.D. †	Priest of Order of Discalced Carmelites	Cardinal, Secretary of the Sacred Consistorial Congregation
22 Dec	55.6	Ordained Bishop	Arturo Marchi †	Bishop of Reggio Emilia, Italy	Archbishop of Lucca, Italy
39.0	Ordained Bishop	Giovanni Oberti, Sch. P. †	Bishop of Saluzzo, Italy
45.2	Ordained Bishop	Gennaro Trama †	Titular Bishop of Capharnaum	Bishop of Lecce, Italy
23 Dec		Born	Clemente Gaddi †		Bishop Emeritus of Bergamo, Italy
24 Dec	51.5	Selected	Francisco José Ribeiro Vieira e Brito †	Bishop of Lamego, Portugal
26 Dec	52.9	Died	Pascal Campana, C.S.Sp. †	Prefect of Lower Congo in Cubango, Angola
23.1	Ordained Priest	Santino Margaria †	Priest of Saluzzo, Italy	Bishop of Civita Castellana, Orte e Gallese, Italy
27 Dec	49.5	Died	Ramón Ríu y Cabanas †	Bishop of Urgell, Spain
28 Dec		Born	Thomas Benjamin Cooray, O.M.I. †		Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Colombo, Sri Lanka
31 Dec		Born	Pál Napholcz (Napholz), S.J. †		Former Bishop-Elect of Oradea Mare {Gran Varadino, Nagyvárad} and Satu Mare {Szatmár}, Romania

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